Tipping custom cue maker

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I see the word tip as an insult to a cue maker. A tip to me is for unskilled service to subsidize wages and reward service. I ask people to freely charge me for service all inclusive, when doing private service. I never beat them down and always ask if they are comfortable. I will sometimes simply write a check for more, sometime send a smoked turkey or a honey baked ham, or sometimes nothing depending on the job and price value. However a small tip jod for a guy working at a retail place, yes, that is a $5 tip on $15, but that islike a server at a restaurant.

My opinion, however, never a complaint and people always ant to do more for me.
 
What I've done is occasionally drop a $20 in the case that I send my cues in for work or whatnot and say "get some drinks"

It's not a tip so much as treating a friend who just happens to be far away.
 
I tip any service person that provides excellent service. I do not usually tip self employed/owners but have done so.
 
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I leave a bit extra for minor work, like tips, rewraps, dings, joint work. I am very particular about how I want work done. So I appreciate a repairman who is sensitive to my concerns and who cares for my cue as much as me. In years past, I always had work done by the original cuemaker. But those cuemakers have become so busy that I tend not to bother them for minor upkeep. I save a lot by avoiding shipping charges. Passing some of the savings on to someone who I can trust to do quality work seems appropriate.

Since I provide my own tips, I always leave an extra $5-10 for the replacement work. For a tip replacement, the repairman usually makes a few dollars on the tip resale. My providing the tip reduces the amount they would make on the replacement. So part of the extra covers the shortfall.
 
I have been a blackjack dealer for many year.

If you work in a tipping industry and that is how you make your living and you dont tip, not only are you a NIT but you are also a DOUCHE.

You can usually tell when someone works for tips, they usually tip more then others.

If you work for tips and dont tip, dont get mad when you dont get tipped. Its just Karmas way of telling you to go --- yourself.
 
spanky79 said:
I have been a blackjack dealer for many year.

If you work in a tipping industry and that is how you make your living and you dont tip, not only are you a NIT but you are also a DOUCHE.

You can usually tell when someone works for tips, they usually tip more then others.

If you work for tips and dont tip, dont get mad when you dont get tipped. Its just Karmas way of telling you to go --- yourself.
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Worked as a casino dealer for many years. When I go out to my local tavern, I get treated very well. Usually, by the time I get my cue out and everything set up to play, my drink is already at my table. I also get charged less for my drinks. Why? Because when I get treated well, I tend to treat my bartenders well. I rarely go anywhere else when I am not in league...loyalty goes a long way.

Yes...I have thrown a few extra bucks at cue makers...if you're very happy with the work, why not?
 
I might tip a cow, but not a cuemaker. The best thing you can do if you liked the service is to recommend him to your friends and to give him your repeat business.
 
liakos said:
The cue maker by the way is "Mike Webb"! You can't find better people than that man!!
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Ditto to this!
Mike is the man and the only man to touch my cue, no matter how big or small the job. His skill and integrity are second to none.
 
phil dade said:
I see the word tip as an insult to a cue maker. A tip to me is for unskilled service to subsidize wages and reward service.
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I agree 100%. I think tipping in general is degrading, a carry over from times when the landed gentry paid service personnel a pittance (maybe just room and board) and made them dance for their dinner, throwing them a bone if they were servile enough in the eyes of the nobleman. We treat our dogs that way, it's no way to treat a human being.

Today the system is way out of whack, allowing employers to legally pay sub-standard wages to the help, while the govmint is standing there in the wings, expecting that tips will be declared as income, instead of the gift they actually are. Let the business owners pay their help a legal minimum wage (including their own share of SS and Medicare deductions) and stop forcing decent folk to grovel for a living. That said, I do tip, and tip well... where appropriate.

As sole proprietor of my own business for almost 40 years, I actually would refuse a tip if one were ever to be offered. I would be very indignant, in fact, and would probably make some sort of rude and cutting remark. At $125/hr for bench time, I consider myself to be a professional just like the majority of my clientele, and not some kid working his way through college.

I have received gifts, however, from appreciative clients. I can't even guess at the number of concert tickets I was comped over the years, sometimes with a backstage pass. Bottles of expensive whiskey, and even a few Cuban stogies have been given to me over the years, and lots and lots of drugs. But if anyone ever dared to slip me a $20 after I just charged them $500 to set up their violin, I would probably just laugh and say, "No thanks".

The only time I ever took tips was when I used to be a fly fishing guide. The system is set up that way, with most booking agents telling the sport something like, "And that covers everything but the gratuity for the guide", setting us up for a nice tip. I've gotten $100 bills handed to me by clients who never even caught a fish during the entire trip. I guess I'm just that likable. Always felt weird about it though, but to refuse a tip from them (and usually a real nice dinner afterward) would have been construed as an insult to these high roller types. Might not get another trip after such an affront.
 
Sloppy Pockets said:
I agree 100%. I think tipping in general is degrading,
As sole proprietor of my own business for almost 40 years, I actually would refuse a tip if one were ever to be offered. I would be very indignant, in fact, and would probably make some sort of rude and cutting remark. At $125/hr for bench time, I consider myself to be a professional just like the majority of my clientele, and not some kid working his way through college.
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Wow, I always thought I got a tip for exceeding expectations. Never though about getting insulted.

At $190 an hour for my day job. I am about $15 an hour higher than my competition. I still managed to get a few $100 tips.

On cues, I turn down 99% of request for work. It's nice being a hobbyist. I can't recall ever turning down a request from someone who has tipped me before. Might have to start now that I know it was an insult.

Larry
 
Most do not tip, but a few do. One of our now deceased AZ members once tipped me $500. He said he felt I was giving him too much cue for the money.
Earl Strickland also tipped me a few dollars when I shaped his tip at a tournament many years ago. I think he might have been the first to ever give me a tip.
 
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